Term ends Apr 11, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2027
Held by 3SPINE, Inc.
Filed Sep 15, 2014 as application 14/486,065 · Granted Sep 26, 2017
Base term plus 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2007
Jun 20, 2007
Term ends
Apr 11, 2028
Apr 11, 2028
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
296
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
17
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 296 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 20, 2007, when application 11/757,084, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2014) | Jun 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +296 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 11, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/757,084 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,864,832 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2008/065504 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,770,338 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 10,631,995 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,821,003 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2019/060800 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,918,479 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2017 Reel 44471, frame 519 | HH Spinal LLC | International Surgical Sezc | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2021 Reel 57567, frame 331 | Carls, Thomas; Lange, Eric; Braddock, Danny, JR; Humphreys, Steven Craig; Hodges, Scott D.; Fessler, Richard G.; Zhang, Jeffrey | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2021 Reel 57577, frame 512 | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. / Medtronic, Inc. | HH Spinal LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2022 Reel 61509, frame 1 | International Surgical Secz | 3SPINE Sezc | Change of Name |
| Oct 26, 2022 Reel 61779, frame 547 | 3SPINE Sezc | 3SPINE, Inc. | Certificate of Domestication with Name Change |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 11, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.